Recap

Naru placed a hand on his chin, " But, I haven't sensed a second spirit here Mai" Masako spoke, Mai looked down, until the smell of metal hit her nose, she knew that smell anyway, the dirty rusty smell. "Blood…"

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Chapter 6

It was now 7pm , the team had grown from just the SPR but to also 3 more people Sonota, Rhythm and Mion, the president had gone back to her room happy but disappointed about hearing Mai wont dance.

Mai was just coming back from the bathroom her arm was feeling much better, she wondered if it was all due to Kei or whether it was because Ayako put more love into trying to care for her this time. She didn't know but all she knew was that she couldn't dance… once she came out of the room she saw Naru standing there.

"N..naru? What do you want? Kick me off the team? Fire me? Yell at me because I changed my name?" Naru looked to her and shook his head he stood up from the place he was leaning from on the wall. "Mai, lets go for a walk here" He handed her a cap for her hair, and a jacket, was they going outside?

She placed on the jacket and hat and followed him outside to the gardens round back, it was beautiful, all different flowers was planted and growing. There was a comfortable silence, looking up to the sky she saw so many stars and consolations. It was beautiful, but the thought of being out here with Naru alone made her blush. " Mai.." that woke her up out of her train of thought, looking up to the raven haired boy she saw he was looking right into her eyes.

"Why… didn't you tell us? Tell me?" Mai just looked away and sat down on a bench. " I couldn't I'm more similar to you than you think Naru, we both have very closed hearts that can't be opened up easily." He sat down next to her listening to the girl " you blamed yourself for Genes death? I blame myself for my family's death. We both don't want to lose anyone ever again but yet we can't open our hearts to let anyone get close to us. it's a never ending cycle."

Mai sighed as she shoved her hands in the pockets of Naru's jacket he had given her, he could smell the fragrance he wore edmiting from the piece of clothing. " I thought I had figured you out, cheerful, happy, love everything, love to annoy me! But, then it all came down to it and I didn't know anything Mai, I don't care if you are Aria Harune, or Mai Taniyama. I like the girl that smiles when I'm around. That will call me the Tea-loving jerk but not really mean it. The girl that gives everyone love and hope."

Mai looked to Naru, was this the real Naru or was Gene possessing him. He looked up to the stars, " Every case we've gone on in the past, you've been more than useful, you've been the main key in our investigations to help solve it. An, you've slowly knocked down the wall around my heart to let people in." Her eye's widened, what was this boy saying.

"Naru… I didn't know, I guess… I really didn't know anything. Its just like you said I'm stupid." she looked down to the ground, but he lifted her chin up to make her look directly into his eye's. " I did a back ground check on Aria Harune, perfect grades and smart. Her grades slipped a little when she started doing prism shows but they came back up again. I know your smart Mai, I know your really smart, but you've given up something that was important to your life. I want to give that back to you."

He leaned in, she could smell him, his frangance was over whelming, she could feel his warmth, there noses gently slides against each other as the raven haired boy placed his gentle lips upon her soft cherry flavoured ones. It lasted for at least 2 minutes before Naru parted away from her, her face was flushed looking into his eye's.

"I love you Mai, I always have even if you lose everything again, I'll bring it all back to you." Tears emited from her eye's she couldn't stop them from falling. Wrapping his arms around the poor girl he held her close. "Naru… Naru…." he smiled and stroked her hair.

"Its ok, cry." she gripped onto his shirt and cried her heart out to him. She cried all of her worries, her loneliness, her happiness they all seemed to fade away until it left a very powerful emotion inside her heart. " Naru?" he looked down to her as she looked up to him.

"I… I want to do it again." He gave a small smirk, " but I've just gave you a kiss." she hit his chest lightly, " No.. I want to dance…" smiling he stood up and held his hand out. She took it and he brought her lightly into his arms, but protectively and he began dancing with her.

"I don't know much about the dances your normally use to doing but this one seems right for this moment in time." leaning her head onto his chest, she nodded "yeah"

Inside the building everyone was watching the newly formed couple. Rhythm and Mion gave each other a high five while the rest shouted finally. They gave a little fright to the poor girls. " Let me guess, Aria has been in love with in like the 2nd time she met him and not been able to confess till now?" they nodded, one girl didn't look happy but as she looked outside seeing the couple dance, she saw a perfect couple. " 2 years it's taken. I'm happy for them."

Day 3 into the case…

No more activity had happened since when Mai had the dream about the true history on the legendary jump. She was sat in her room, hand over her heart while the other was against her lips, Naru had kissed her. He confessed his love to her, and by the end of the night she confessed back, it was an amazing feeling. The door suddenly opened giving Mai the fright of her life. Mion and Rhythm was both stood there, "Erm… can I help you girls?"

Was all she could muster out, they laughed and rhythm went to Mai holding her down as Mion went to Mai's luggage, " wait! Wha..what are you doing!" Mion found it, a pair of sweatpants and a pink vest, with some sneakers, " Change now!" Mai widened "WHAT!" Mion and Rhythm jumped on top of the poor girl, the door opened to see Ayako and Masako walking in from breakfast. "Help us change her!"

Masako couldn't help but smirk she had to join in.

Finally after 10 minutes of struggling Mai was changed into her work out clothing showing of her athletic 6 pack, " wow Aria you sure do know how to train" Mai laughed as she looked to them, " I'm classing that back there as sexual harassment you know!"

They walked into the base, everyone looked up to see Mai in her clothing, Yasu hid behind monk, " My dear! Help! I do not want to wrestle with her!" Monk jumped up from his spot and ran to the other side of the room, " Get away from me you bi-sexual creep!" Mai just went and sat next to Naru grabbing some fruit taking a bite. "Now can someone tell me why these two idiots came and literally raped me? And that's also including Masako."

John turned around giving a silent pray to the lord, " its for your training, Aria," Mai almost choked on her apple. Naru patted her back, " I think it's a good idea, it might also help us draw out this second spirit." Mai gave her boyfriend the hard eye's " your using me as Bait again aren't you Naru" he gave her his natural evil smirk. " That's it! No more tea for the Jerk!" but that all changed when Naru pulled off a face no one thought he could do.

"No NARU DOING THE PUPPY EYE'S! IT BURNS!" Screamed Yasu Lin couldn't help but laugh. Mai just put a hand on his face and pushed it away " fine, I'll do your tea's but it better be worth it." She took the hot roasting addictive liquid into her hands about to take a sip bit someone walked over and took it out of her hands and handed her a glass of orange juice, looking up it was Rhythms mother Sonota. "Hey!"

She handed the coffee to Ayako who gladly took it to drink. " You may look healthy but I'm going to keep an eye on you, my training is a lot harder than you think." giving a sigh she drank the juice un happy, "I have also have a gift to you Aria," Mai looked up to the woman wondering what she was going on about , she stood up which was a big mistake, 2 fast red blurs ran into the room sending Mai flyin to the other side, if it wasn't for the objects being solid she would have exorcised the spirit that did it. Looking down her eye's widened. "Uru? Eru?" they gripped onto her tightly, Monk stood up confused, "Ok? Why are your twins hugging Mai?" Sonato smirked, "There Aria's sisters." Even Naru looked over to the twins, they was young and adorable. Mai knelt up and wrapped her arms around each of the twins heads placing hers inbetween.

" I missed you so much." they wrapped their arms around her again tightly, " we missed you too onee-chan!" once the little hug was done they stepped back, the girls had grown. They looked a spitting image of their mother. "onee-chan?" Mai looked to the left one "Yes Eru?" "What are my clothes saying?"

This couldn't stop Yasu from laughing, rasing an eye brow, clothes can talk? Mai placed her hand on the girls arms, " They are happy, they are glad you found me. They was so sad before because you girls was sad." They gave a group hug again. This even amazed Lin.

" Mai when have you been able to talk to clothes?" Mai laughed " ever since I was a little girl, I think… around the age of 6. Lin yours are begging you to get some new ones, Naru yours want you to wear lighter ones sometimes. Monk yours want a new adventure. Ayako, they love you. John, yours are a littler harder to read they are glad you're a priest but they also feel lonely. Masako yours are happy, and Yasu…. Errr… I don't think you wanna know plus what there screaming is a little adult language for these girls here."

"Mai that's an amazing ability you have there, Naru is it?" Naru shook his head " No, its an ability only one can be formed from the heart."

Standing up Mai brushed herself off Ayako waved Mai over, " Let me make that bandage on your shoulder smaller ok? Will be a lot easier for you to move in" the girls widened, " Onee-chans going to become a prism star again? YAY!"

With that everyone got to work, the girls went down to once of the dance rooms that was SAID! Not to have any activity in it but even so, Mai knew there was a camera in there, she was the one that had set them up.

After the girls had left Ayako turned to Naru, " that was a very nice thing you put together there Naru, I don't think I've ever seen her that happy." Naru just looked to her " I don't know what you mean, erm… really do I need lighter clothing?"

The whole room including Lin all shouted yes.

In the dance room the twins sat down to the left hand room next to the camera, they wondered what it was in there for, as the 3 girls began their warm ups. " Aria, what do you remember from back when you danced before?" Sonato asked looking down at the girl. " I remember everything on what Rhythm and Mion taught me, Rhythm was a very good chorographer it must be a talent she learned from you."

This made both mother and daughter smile, " Very well, Rhythm may have gone easy on you, and maybe the president also to perform the Auroru Rising but I wont. Even if the training is hard I want you to still keep your feelings and emotions the same." Nodding the girls stood up ready and Sonota began to train them.

By the end of the first lesson before lunch, Mai was rusty, extremely rusty, she could dance yes but her timing was off, she was tripping, and out of breath, "Man how can I do intense exercises every day but not be able to dance?"

Sonato looked over Mai " Because your still not opening your heart, your not letting the music take over your body. Your tense and yo-" Mai's eye's widened as she saw something behind Sonota within a quick reflex she managed to throw the woman out of the way as a knife went standing upwards from the spot in the floor.

Rhythm rushed to see if her mother and friend was ok, " what the hell was that?" Again, Mai could smell the blood, she looked up to the mirror seeing the raven haired man, his hair was just a little longer than Naru's but his eye's was identical to Mai's. " I'm coming for you Kei!"

He disappeared leaving some shocked people in the room, and 2 twins crying, Mai breathed hard, " I think… its time for a break.." With that they all stood up and quickly exited the room.

Once running to the base and slamming open the door, everyone turned around to them, " please tell me you caught that on camera?" Naru nodded standing up going over to Mai to check over to see if she had any wounds, "Thank god, my plan to lure the spirit out is working, but, we wont have you girls practicing on your own, I will assign someone with you at all times. Lin your taking the first shift."

All the girls fell to their knees, slumped this was going to be a very long case indeed!

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Training has begun! And Romance is in the air! It smells so sweet, that I think that this new danger that's coming up will kill for it.

Stay tuned for more!

~Cure Dream 90 over and out!